Before the credit crisis struck Latin American markets were the hottest destination for foreign investors. However in recent months Latin American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, etc. have been lagging other emerging markets in terms of equity market performance. The economies of Latin American countries were relatively unscathed by the recent financial crisis and …
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Poland is one of the top performing markets among the emerging markets in Europe. Since the March-lows of 2009, the WIG index, the main index on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has soared to close at 46,874 on Friday. The all-time high is about 67,500 which was reached in mid 2007. Poland has a highly-skilled and …
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Emerging markets are lagging developed markets this year. The S&P 500 is up 6.8% YTD. The YTD returns of the major indices of some of the other developed markets are noted below: Canada – 5.1% Germany – 7.4% Italy – 14.3% Switzerland – 4.4% Australia – 4.0% On the other hand, the majority of the …
Last year many of the emerging and frontier markets were the best performers in equity returns. However that is not the case this year. Year-to-date China’s Shanghai Composite, India’s Sensex, Brazil’s Bovespa, Mexico’s IPC All-Share, Chile’s Santiago IPSA are all down 3.3%, 7.3%, 0.2%, 3.2% and 1.1% respectively.But many developed markets are up nicely. The …
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One way to profit from growth in emerging markets is to invest in US companies that derive a significant portion of their business from these markets. Using this strategy one avoids the problems with the time consuming task of identifying, researching and selecting high-quality foreign companies. While investing in foreign stocks directly is a better …
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